The materialization of design projects has demonstrated to be a key factor for the evaluation of new ideas. In this
field, the Department of Product Design Engineering from EAFIT University has been pioneer in Colombia. In
order to take this process to a new level, an integrated approach has been proposed oriented to the design and
development of sustainable transport value added products, particularly in the field of electric mobility, where
transport systems complexity is combined with the need of developing sustainable products, together with the use
of technologies in the area of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM). It is presented the adopted methodology for
development of this kind of projects at academic level, detailing main activities and tools, and describing a
successful case study for the design of a functional prototype of an electric bicycle, in order to demonstrate the
findings and experiences obtained in this kind of implementations that, in the future, will be translated into trained
engineers on advanced product development, as well as to raise industrial awareness in the subject.
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